As soon as the funding runs short, the history-invention bandwagon will slow down & all will be good again.

Yes Foxy, I'm sure you meant one of those other words and not wank3r.
Seriously!

As to Pascoe's awards, I suspect you are deliberately missing the point as point is something you'd prefer to miss. Pascoe hasn't received awards or even praise from historical groups because his theory, for want of a better term, isn't accepted or even considered. Its part of a now established genre of pseudo-history - reach a conclusion then look for a few facts to guile the ignorant while ignoring the great body of evidence that the ignorant are ignorant of.

mhaze,

Thirty judges had the difficult task of narrowing
down a record number of entries for the NSW
Premier's Literary Awards in 2016. They eventually
selected "Dark Emu" as Book of The Year.

It was considered ground breaking and a book that
rewrote Australian history and today it continues to
win awards, inspire projects and change the
conversation. To quote the Judges - "Here's an
opportunity to learn real history and learn your
country and what makes it tick."

A new version for children has been published in
June and is now available at all schools.

What do you call a group of wa**ers?

A handful.

Cheers.

Foxy,

Those thirty judges, are they the same people who think that explorers' journals from the 19th Century give an insight into Aboriginal life thousands of years before Cook?

If they are then the "W" word applies to them in spades.

Dear Is Mise and mhaze,

Stop being so bloody petulant. While it is true that Pascoe does not have qualifications as an historian Bill Gammage certainly does and he is very much on the same songbook.

"Gammage is determined to open our eyes to the fact that in 1788 there was no wilderness, but a landscape that reflected a sophisticated, successful and sensitive farming regime integrated across the Australian landmass. Fire was not an indiscriminate tool of fuel reduction or grass promotion, but carefully employed to ensure certain plants and animals flourished, to facilitate access and rotation, and to ensure resources were abundant, convenient and predictable."
The Monthly

Gammage is a multi-award winning historian.

Steely, Steely, Steely, you keep trying, and believe me you are trying.
I've just had a glance at your Mr Bill Grammage, and your trying it on again.
You see I was prepared to consider his claims, because you gave him such a grandiose ovation that I was compelled to lower my guard given that your commendation led me to believe we may have been discussing the existence of an omnipotent.
It turns out your adulation is a little premature and in doubt.
You see, he makes statements, claims and comments on things he cannot possibly have witnessed, and added to that I noticed no references of repute, or at least I could not see references to diaries or log-books of anyone who actually sighted and reported on what he writes as being factual accounts of the time.
Now in all fairness, there might be some evidence of what I speak or seek, so I will refrain from further comment on this man and his work on our local black friends.

Foxy, Looooove your work, I can see you are finally reaching out for help and stepping outside into my world, where you are certain to broaden your education and knowledge about the 'real' world, which you were so desperately lacking.
Give us some more gutter talk, it is so refreshing seeing it come from you.
At a girl, looking forward to your next serve.
Keep it up.